English author, A.A. Milne, was born Jan. 18, 1882 in Kilburn, London. Milne grew up with two older brothers and was educated at a small public school run by his father. He graduated from Trinity Coll...

The latest report from America’s Health Rankings shows a slight improvement in Oklahoma on a critical child wellbeing area, Adverse Childhood Experiences also called ACEs. Sadly, Oklahoma is still the...

“They (Joshua and the Israelites) marched around the Jericho walls for days,” says Meagan, 7. “On the seventh day, they blew their horns and the walls came tumbling down and they shouted. You can neve...

Recently, I was driving in my old neighborhood and caught a glimpse of my former little cottage. It was a sweet place and was known as Rose Cottage. How I loved living in that little place and plantin...

This year our family didn’t hustle and bustle around as much as we usually do during the holidays. Granted, the fevers and ear infections forced us to stay in a majority of the time, but I’ll admit it...

When trying to reduce the carb count in your diet, some things are obvious. Eliminate sugary drinks like soda and sweet tea and avoid cake and ice cream, unless you know what’s in it. Figuring out whi...

Hugh Lofting, English author responsible for creating the fictional child book character, Dr. Dolittle was born Jan. 14, 1886 at Maidenhead in Berkshire, England Born into a family of four brothers an...

As we step into a new year, and debatably a new decade depending upon who you ask if decades start with a 0 year or a 1, we at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy are looking for a brighter futu...

I have been giving some thought about widow-hood. Here at the retirement village – the majority of the residents are widows. I will soon have been a widow for 24 years. In a conversation recently with...

A Few of my favorite things Now the holidays are all over and it’s a great time to step back and go easy on the carbs. Typically, people, in general, tend to go overboard for the holidays and really o...

January 5, 1944 is the birth date of Betsy Maestro in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up in a home filled with books and loved to read. Betsy taught kindergarten and first grade for 11 years before becoming a ...

  DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2020! The New Year has arrived, and with it our chance for a new beginning. Today we have an opportunity to discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, and with tha...

As 2019 comes to a close, it seems safe to say that many Americans will not look back on this year as one of the country's finest moments. It has become almost cliché to bemoan political polarization,...

All is calm, all is bright here at the retirement village today, as well as peaceful. The advent candle of peace burns brightly there beside the candle of hope. We rejoice that Jesus himself told us –...

"I would like to change my bedtime on New Year's Eve," says Tyler, 11. "I usually go to bed at 10 p.m., but I would like to stay up all night. I would have a great time because we would first party, s...

Find These Treasures at your local library Mercer Mayer, American children’s writer and illustrator, was born on Dec. 30, 1943 in Little Rock, Ark. Mayer and his family moved often as his father was i...

A Few of My Favorite Things Last year, when I did Adrian’s favorites, my boyfriend started saying “When are you going to do my favorites’?” I told him several times he needed to tell me what recipes h...

Oklahoma Rural Water Enrichment Foundation (ORWEF) is offering scholarship opportunities for the 2020 through 2021 scholastic year to ORWA member system employees, directors, their dependent children ...

2020 is upon us. It can be scary, daunting, exciting, and joyous all at the same time! But one of the best things about the turning of the year is that it provides each of us with the opportunity to t...

Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: I have a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl and I'm worried. My husband bullies our son, "Jake." We often go to a park with swingsets near our home. Jake runs to the swings, get...